I From the Queen Elizabeth Hall , London.
Academy of St Martin in the Reids, director Ion Brown (violin) Bartok Divertimento
Britten Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
8.40 Book of the Month
John Kinsella considers the Collected Poems of Peter Porter , who celebrates his 70th birthday next week. One of the country's most distinguished literary figures,
Peter Porter moved to Britain from
Australia in 1951, and his enormous output has influenced writers on both sides of the world. This anthology includes his Whitbread Award-winning collection The Automatic Oracle, as well as an entirely new collection, Both Ends of the Middle.
9.00 Tippett Little Music for Strings Strauss Metamorphosen